Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
GREAT GROWTH.
The Highest Civilization
of the World.
PROPHECIES FULFILLED.
southern California and Her Phe.
nomenal Development-The
Bases It Rests On.
lnY HON R. N. w1psEy.l

Californis generally, and of Los Angeles
county and city in particular, has at
isacted the attention Of the press and o
the public throughout the United States
and the fame thereof has gone far be-
yond, into other nations. This condi
tion Of things naturally calls forth two
general questions. Is it an unfoundsd
growth from which the bottom will fall
outi Or is it substantial and permanent
To snswer these questions I propose
10 saSQut facts as we'll as theory, SO that
ffpt ssss facts any reader can draw his
g. H-~sion and form his OWL
The N author of the vestigea
Of Creation. nearly half . century ago,
mt into that remarkable book this pro
8 lecy: ssThe Emitted States might be
( kpso&ed to make no great way in
civilization till they be fully peopled
20 the Pacific, and it might not be un'
reasonable to expect that when that
event has occurr0 the greatest civiliza-
tion Of the territory will be found in the
peninsuia of California aud the marrow
strip Of country beyond the Rocky
Mountains"
He had been tracing the development
81 the race in its westward journey from
il oriental cradle. Showing that ever
the restless, courageous. hardy members
Of the elder communities pushed on to
the frontier, developing in their offspring
accumulated elements Of power and sue
esss, and then again the most hardy
1uehed on to more western regions, sub
duinR nature and hostile forces arGi
building upr5etter homes and better civ.
ilisation. This process of evolution and
survival of the tittest kept the greatest
power Of the race along the line of the
ever advancing westbound front. In the
European continent the terms of the
quoted prophecy were fulfilled. mo
great way in civilization was made until
that sentiment was "fully p opled" to
the Atlantic, and "when that event oc-
Cured the greatest civilization Of the
continent was found on the western
alone Of the European continent, ON the
narrow border Of land along the Atlantic,
IL England and France. The energe4;s
slenents of the advancing race was
stopped BY the Atlantic. The accumu.
lated force and energy of the people
were directed into new lines and the
hIahest civilization of Europe or Asia
existed 1t the western end OF the
Again, this wild restless force Of pent
up energy broke forth and crossed the
Atlantic and started the civilization of
the American continent. Behold the
reoults. In . few centuries this force Of
the race has built up civilization supe-
rior 10 the civilization Of Europe, which
was the work Of over score of centuries.
The Inventions of America and lis works
u science and engineering have never
been eouslled. All the nations of the
earth buy Of ne, a. producing the best.
Thls selected stock OF the ra'e in
America, with it, augmented and accel.
grated power has constantly been push.
m III ohsice individuals to the hard
|6kips sad dangers Of the advancing
lrontisr. Il has reached the Pacific
a1ops, The continent is being peopled.
and what his occurred in Europe will
undoubtedly occur in America. The
hiehost civilization will be on the west
ofn slope Of the continent. But If the
cjviIisStion Of the eastern part of this
continent has 20 far outstripped the best
civilization of Europe by reason of imnii-
zation to this continent OF the best blood
q Europe, In 20 short . time, what may
Ve expect ON this Pacific slope. from the
ehoicest race elements Of Americas en-.
'erRy and power!
The prophecy then becomes plain
deductton Of reason from facts and from
onalogy.
! The araudeur Of this Pacific civiliza-
tion hes been s6en from afar, by the
IiRht Of reason, aud the Western horizon
y aIrsady aglow with the rays of the
coming glory.
Thpse coming here, arc largely coming
ifrom The cold regions of the North.
there the fight for bread and warmth
(as developed great force Of character.
foming to the mild climate of Southern
sAlifornia this energy will not be con-
|nmed in struggle for existence, but it
Win sxpsnd itself in works Of literature,
Scfence and art.
Tho invigorating mildness of the
bIlmate 10 such that the physical can
labor, either in, or out doors all the
hours Of the twenty.four, taking, there
from, only suct nohrs as are needed for
jeep.
The constant brilliant sunshine with
ats warm rays. puts new life into the
physical system, and SO invigorates the
individual with its ioyousness that6ew
are ever willing to permanently leave it.
and from none do it, sweet influence and
memory ever depart.
Those coming to Los Angles and
Southern California are mainly from the
educated and wealthy classes. They
'eomd ringing their civilization and re.
'f 1xjt with them. We thus start
Nhere most Western communities
y the end Of one or two genera.
This fair region is in commercial con-
kion BY ocean transit with the ports
he world. Its railroad system con-
r with the commerce of the couti-
with telegraph, telephone. locomo.
! fe, ateamer and sail vessel, there are
khinhed all the facilities of the nine
SthN Ncentury for either business or
Asure.
The fact that all this combination ex-
|stu, under the most desirable political
pvarnment, and in the hands. of the
last encfRetic race of the earth, points
hore than prophetic finger to the
greatness and grandeur of social
\
e the capitalist Of the near future
IKE his home, amid luxurious ele-
embowered with fruits, flowers,
~i-ttopical vegetation. Here he
niseAse, famed by the cooling, ex-
nR breezes of summer, and breath
BY the salubrious air of winter,
With the perfume of the orange
and of myriads Of flowers, plan
Acial campaigns for the CONT.
\ by telegraph send his orders
"a the 10y blasts Of the eastern
and through the sun.stricken
( snltry summer.